从女王口音变化看英国社会阶层的变迁.docVIP

An Analysis of the Changes of Social Stratum in England through the Changes of the Queen’s Accent Abstract: The Queen’s accent that Elizabeth II used is similar to the Oxford accent which is so-called the Upper-class English pronunciation. In the 1950s, the British had great class consciousness. Different accent represented different social status. But in the past 50 years, the Queen’s accent has gradually closing to the southern middle-class British pronunciation. This thesis lists and analyzes the change of Queen’s accent and the reasons in the past 50 years.. Meanwhile it concludes that the change is a reflection of the change of social stratum, particularly the change of middle class. The Queen changed her accent to adapt the change of social stratum, so that she can win her people’s support. She admits the equality and democracy by changing her accent. Key Words: change; social stratum; Queen’s accent 从女王口音变化看英国社会阶层的变迁 摘 要：英国女王伊丽莎白二世原有的口音类似于牛津腔，是所谓英国上流社会的贵族英语发音。在20世纪50年代，英国人社会等级观念较重，不同口音代表了不同阶层的人。但近五十年来，女王口音日益接近于英国南部普通中层阶级大众。本文列举并分析了近五十年来女王口音的变化及其原因，并发现这种变化是英国社会阶级结构变化的一种折射，尤其是中产阶级阶层地位的变化。这也正是女王为适应社会阶层变化以及迎合大众人心所做出的改变。这个改变也是承认社会民主平等的一个表现。 关键词：变化；社会阶层；女王口音 CONTENTS TOC \o 1-3 \h \z HYPERLINK 1.3.1 Change from Above 7 HYPERLINK 3.1 Meanings to the Sociaty 12 HYPERLINK Intelligence, \o skill skill, and \o experience experience count for naught. The best way to run a major firm in British \o industry industry is to be born of the right people. \o In England its class In England this is class. If you’ve got \o good breeding good breeding, people will treat you with respect. Members of \o low class “lower” classes often have a greater class \o consciousness consciousness than do their \o high class “upper” class counterparts. However, this is not necessarily the case in societies where class \o hierarchy hierarchy is a strict and deep \o tradition tradition. Members of the English \o aristocracy aristocracy, for example, were thoroughly awa